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With the regular golf season in the books, the Dakota Athletic Conference will now turn its attention to post season play in the form of the NAIA Region III tournament, which will be held this weekend in Fargo, N.D.

By Brad Blume
Sports Information Director
South Dakota School of Mines
RAPID CITY --- With the regular golf season in the books, the Dakota Athletic Conference will now turn its attention to post season play in the form of the NAIA Region III tournament, which will be held this weekend in Fargo, N.D.
To qualify for the Region tournament, a golfer must place in the Top 10 standings at the conclusion of the conference season or be one of the Top 2 conference teams.
The South Dakota School of Mines has qualified two golfers to advance to region play: junior Quentin Patterson from the Hardrocker men’s team and Lisa Steever from the Lady Hardrocker squad.
Steever, a senior Interdisciplinary Sciences graduate (and is now working toward her masters’ degree) from Custer, ended in third place in the conference standings with a total of 80.5 points. Black Hills State’s Jaime Bentley earned top honors for the second consecutive year, scoring 96 points this time out.
Steever, who received DAC All-Conference honors, has had a very consistent season, placing in the Top 5 individually at every meet this year expect one. She took third at both the Minot and SDM tournaments, got fourth at the Black Hills State meet, fifth during the Jamestown College event and placed seventh at Dickinson.
“Lisa is very consistent player,” said Hardrocker head golf coach Eric Glenn. “There are those four top girls in our league and (Steever) is one of them.”
Steever also competed in the Region III golf meet last year, which should play to her advantage this time around.
“Lisa has been through this before,” Glenn said. “After (the BHSU meet) she is striking the ball well and that should also give her confidence going in.”
The Hardrocker men will be represented by Quentin Patterson, a junior mechanical engineering major from Sioux Falls.
Patterson had a stellar end to his season, rallying to taking ninth place in the overall DAC standings, ending with 59 points. Jordan Kelly of Minot State earned the DAC title with 93.5 points.
Patterson was just outside the Top 10 DAC standings for most of the year, but with good showings at the end of the fall season and with great efforts in the spring at the SDM and BHSU meets, he was able to punch his ticket to the Region III competition.
After taking 20th place during the first meet of the season at Dickinson State, Patterson bounced back and was a constant in the DAC men’s Top 10, placing eighth at both Jamestown College and the SDM meets, secured seventh at BHSU and earned fourth place during the Minot State tournament. “After the Dickinson meet, Quentin has really developed confidence,” Glenn said. “He had a great round at the Jamestown meet and has just played well all year.” Both Patterson and Steever will now set their sights on the Oxbow Golf and Country Club in Fargo, N.D., and be vying for a shot to advance to the National Tournament (to be held in Plymouth, Ind).
The Region III meet starts Sunday with 18-holes and concludes Monday with a full round.
SDM senior Hank Tanner also earned All Conference honors this season but will not attend the Region III meet.
DAC Post-Season Awards:
Men
Women
Most Valuable Player
Jordon Kelly - Minot State
Jaime Bentley – Black Hills State
Most Valuable Graduating Senior
Chase Grinsteiner - Jamestown
Jaime Bentley – Black Hills State / Gretchen Bietz – Jamestown College
Coach of the Year
Tim Daniel - Dickinson State
Tim Daniel - Dickinson State
All Conference
Jordon Kelly - Minot State
Jaime Bentley - Black Hills State
Luke Dailey - Minot State
Megan Fisher - Dickinson State
Ryan Opdah - Jamestown College
Lisa Stever - South Dakota Mines
Craig Gaube - Dickinson State
Gretchen Bietz - Jamestown College
Hank Tanner - South Dakota Mines
Lyndsey Kent - Dickinson State
TJ Poulsen - Dickinson State
Leah Grinsteiner – Dickinson State

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By Brad Blume
Sports Information Director
South Dakota School of Mines
RAPID CITY --- With the regular golf season in the books, the Dakota Athletic Conference will now turn its attention to post season play in the form of the NAIA Region III tournament, which will be held this weekend in Fargo, N.D.
To qualify for the Region tournament, a golfer must place in the Top 10 standings at the conclusion of the conference season or be one of the Top 2 conference teams.
The South Dakota School of Mines has qualified two golfers to advance to region play: junior Quentin Patterson from the Hardrocker men’s team and Lisa Steever from the Lady Hardrocker squad.
Steever, a senior Interdisciplinary Sciences graduate (and is now working toward her masters’ degree) from Custer, ended in third place in the conference standings with a total of 80.5 points. Black Hills State’s Jaime Bentley earned top honors for the second consecutive year, scoring 96 points this time out.
Steever, who received DAC All-Conference honors, has had a very consistent season, placing in the Top 5 individually at every meet this year expect one. She took third at both the Minot and SDM tournaments, got fourth at the Black Hills State meet, fifth during the Jamestown College event and placed seventh at Dickinson.
“Lisa is very consistent player,” said Hardrocker head golf coach Eric Glenn. “There are those four top girls in our league and (Steever) is one of them.”
Steever also competed in the Region III golf meet last year, which should play to her advantage this time around.
“Lisa has been through this before,” Glenn said. “After (the BHSU meet) she is striking the ball well and that should also give her confidence going in.”
The Hardrocker men will be represented by Quentin Patterson, a junior mechanical engineering major from Sioux Falls.
Patterson had a stellar end to his season, rallying to taking ninth place in the overall DAC standings, ending with 59 points. Jordan Kelly of Minot State earned the DAC title with 93.5 points.
Patterson was just outside the Top 10 DAC standings for most of the year, but with good showings at the end of the fall season and with great efforts in the spring at the SDM and BHSU meets, he was able to punch his ticket to the Region III competition.
After taking 20th place during the first meet of the season at Dickinson State, Patterson bounced back and was a constant in the DAC men’s Top 10, placing eighth at both Jamestown College and the SDM meets, secured seventh at BHSU and earned fourth place during the Minot State tournament. “After the Dickinson meet, Quentin has really developed confidence,” Glenn said. “He had a great round at the Jamestown meet and has just played well all year.” Both Patterson and Steever will now set their sights on the Oxbow Golf and Country Club in Fargo, N.D., and be vying for a shot to advance to the National Tournament (to be held in Plymouth, Ind).
The Region III meet starts Sunday with 18-holes and concludes Monday with a full round.
SDM senior Hank Tanner also earned All Conference honors this season but will not attend the Region III meet.
DAC Post-Season Awards:
Men
Women
Most Valuable Player
Jordon Kelly - Minot State
Jaime Bentley – Black Hills State
Most Valuable Graduating Senior
Chase Grinsteiner - Jamestown
Jaime Bentley – Black Hills State / Gretchen Bietz – Jamestown College
Coach of the Year
Tim Daniel - Dickinson State
Tim Daniel - Dickinson State
All Conference
Jordon Kelly - Minot State
Jaime Bentley - Black Hills State
Luke Dailey - Minot State
Megan Fisher - Dickinson State
Ryan Opdah - Jamestown College
Lisa Stever - South Dakota Mines
Craig Gaube - Dickinson State
Gretchen Bietz - Jamestown College
Hank Tanner - South Dakota Mines
Lyndsey Kent - Dickinson State
TJ Poulsen - Dickinson State
Leah Grinsteiner – Dickinson State

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South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. Intercollegiate Athletics

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